Your first thought as you read\u00a0this will likely be, \u201cI\u2019ll read this later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t!\u00a0Read this now!<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll take you like 30 seconds\u00a0and\u00a0save you countless hours.<\/p>\n
Try this super\u00a0simple technique for beating our favourite nemesis. Procrastination.<\/p>\n
Try this\u00a0now:<\/strong><\/p>\n Decide what is\u00a0the most important thing you have to do today. It’s a\u00a0little brain hack, once we start a task we have been dreading a new emotion takes it’s place in which\u00a0we feel incomplete that we haven’t finished it! The problem is just getting started.<\/p>\n Emmetts Law: The dread of a task uses up more energy than actually doing it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Clear away your distractions. Turn everything off. Close all programs. So it’s\u00a0just you and your task.<\/p>\n Listen\u00a0to your mind, if it\u00a0starts to have sway to\u00a0other tasks. You might\u00a0have urges to check email or Facebook or Twitter or any other distracting nonsense. You might\u00a0want to play a game or make a call or do another task. Just notice these urges.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t move. Notice the urges, but sit still and let them pass. Urges build up in intensity, then they pass, like a wave. Let each one pass.<\/p>\n Notice also your mind trying to come up with reasons for\u00a0not doing the task. Let these self-rationalizing thoughts pass also.<\/p>\n Now just take one small action to get started. As tiny a step as possible.<\/p>\n Once you get started, the rest will flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your first thought as you read\u00a0this will likely be, \u201cI\u2019ll read this later.\u201d Don\u2019t!\u00a0Read this now! It\u2019ll take you like 30 seconds\u00a0and\u00a0save you countless hours. Try this super\u00a0simple technique for beating our favourite nemesis. Procrastination. Try this\u00a0now: Decide what is\u00a0the most important thing you have to do today. Now\u00a0just do the first little part of it \u2014 just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of it. Getting started is seriously the only part\u00a0that matters. It’s a\u00a0little brain hack, once we start a task we have been dreading a new emotion takes it’s place in which\u00a0we feel incomplete that we haven’t finished it! The problem is just getting started. Emmetts Law: The dread of a task uses up more energy than actually doing it. Clear away your distractions. Turn everything off. Close all programs. So it’s\u00a0just you and your task. Listen\u00a0to your mind, if it\u00a0starts to have sway to\u00a0other tasks. You might\u00a0have urges to check email or Facebook or Twitter or any other distracting nonsense. You might\u00a0want to play a game or make a call or do another task. Just notice these urges. Don\u2019t move. Notice the urges, but sit still and let them pass. Urges build up in intensity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"How to actually beat procrastination","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nNow\u00a0just do the first little part of it \u2014 just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of it. Getting started is seriously the only part\u00a0that matters.<\/p>\n